Month: January 2017

When the Constitutional Convention adjourned in September 1787 and the delegates streamed down the steps of Independence Hall, one of their number, Benjamin Franklin, suddenly found himself under ambush. Eager to hear what form of government awaited America, a Philadelphian...

The ultimate entertainer, ‘Buffalo Bill’ was as much showman as he was frontiersman and helped create a fantastical image of the Wild West. Born to a farming family on February 26th, 1846, Cody spent his early years in Iowa, working...

Churchill’s view of Britain’s role in the world did not go around in circles, it linked them. The circles in which Britain needed to play a role and upon which its influence depended were Europe, the United States, and the...

A nondescript modern house occupies a corner site on Naamsestraat, just opposite the late-Gothic University Hall in Leuven, which still serves as academic offices. During term-time in this capital of Flemish Brabant, the Oxford or Cambridge of Belgium, 40,000 students...